The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-31
Commissioners sale of VaIua-
Bile KanaWIaa River Bottom
Farm. in Mason County. w.


DY virtue of authority vested in me,
Dthe undersigned special commissions
by an order entered on the 9th day of
May, 1887, by the circuit court of Mason
county, WA, in an action in chan
Gerry, therein pending, wherein H. r.
Howard, special receiver in the case of
A. Hess and Henry Hess is plaintiff
and Hiram Stephenson, let al, fare de-
PENDANTS. / shall on the
Sd Day of September, 1857.
at 10 O'Clock a. u. of said day, at the
front door of the court house of said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, the following described
tracts of land, situate in the County of
Mason, State of West Virginia, bounded
as follows:
Beginning at the lower back corner of
the tract, near an ash tree in the line of
126 acre tract, patented to WIN. Steph-
enson, on the 18th day of June, 1926;
thence s. 20 deg, W. so p. to stone on
the river bank; thence 8. 81 deg, e. 80 p.
to sugar tree on the river bank; thence
n. 20 deg, e. 80 p. to stump in the
line of the 125 acre tract aforesaid;
thence with the same n. 90 deg, W. so
p. to place OF beginning; estimated to
contain fifty acres.
The second tact of land is the same
tract spoken of above as patented to
VIM. Stephenson, on the 18th of June,
1925, and is bounded as follows. viz
Beginning at white oak on the south
side of a hill; thence n. Is poles to a
white oak on the north side of hill;
thence n. 81 deg, e. 14S poles to a stake,
10 links on course s. rs deg, W. from
white oak corner standing ON the
south sitle OF a hill; thence 8. 53 deg, e.
124 poles to n red oak on south hill
side; thence 8. 81 deg, W. 100 poles TO a
to white oak on tile east side of a hill;
thence 8. 10 deg. w. IS poles to a stake
IL links on course, n. Al deg. e. from
a sugar tree corner standing on the river
bottom, in the back line of the land of
Hiram Cooper; thence n. % deg, W 1873
poles to the beginning; containing I25
acres, more or less.
The third tract is part of tract of
l5O acres, patented to said William
Stephenson, on the 4th day of June.
1885, and described as follows, viz:
Beginning at red oak corner to the l25
and $50 acre tracts; thence n. So deg, c.
763 poles to stake on a poinC n. 53 deg.
W. 81 poles to chestnut oak, between
two small drains; thence n. SO deg, W.
764 poles to stake on the old line;
thence s. IS deg, e. 81 poles to the be
ginning; containing 80 acres, and the
three tracts together, which lie con-
tiguously to and adjoining each other,
are estimated to contain 2O7 acres.
Also, Ine undlf1ded interest OF Fran
els N. Oliver and Julia Oliver, his wife,
in the real estate of VIM. Stephenson,
which interest was conveyed on Doth
day OF January, 1864, to the said defend
ant, Hiram Stephenson, by deed duly
recorded in deed book No Is; page, 1O6,
of the records of deeds for Mason coun-
ty, to copy of said deed, marked ex-
hibit E and fled with plaintiffs bill.
Reference is hereby made for more
perfect description.
TERMS OF SALE:
One-third of the purchase money
cash in hand and the residue on a credit
of one and two years, the purchaser
giving bond with good security as to the
deferred installments, and said special
commissioner retaining the title to said
lands as further security.
G. p. SIMPSON,
Special Commissioner.
1, r. E. Mitchell, clerk of the circuit
court of Mason county, West Virginia,
do hereby certify that e. P. Simpson,
special commissioner, has given bond in
the above entitled action.
R. E. MITCHELL, Clerk.